I have what you don't have (10+)

A playful performance for young people bursting with Gucci, Prada and chunky Nike Air Jordans. A mosaic performance from dance, video and live music, about 'have-have-have' and the shame of not having something.

How rich do you have to be to stop needing others? And what is the purchase price of love? How much VAT is there on humanity? In IK HEB I HAVE WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE, theatre maker Lenneke Maas, together with dancer Tegest Pecht-Guido and musician Woody Veneman, explores the need for money and property. Tegest was born in Ethiopia. When she was 5, she was adopted along with her sister. She grew up in our affluent part of the world. For her, what is the value of money and property? Woody Veneman is a successful musician who grew up in an underprivileged neighbourhood in Eindhoven. For him, music was his greatest capital. Together, they explore the pain of not having something you should have. Something you need to belong, to participate, to be equal. The envy of too little, the indifference of too much.

You can't throw a suitcase of money on the counter and say, "give me what she has because you don't have this and I do."

For this performance, Lenneke interacted with young people from Dynamo's Youth Perspective Fund. Special thanks to Dynamo-Mark de Weijer, Richenne Zeebregts and Femke Brekelmans, the young people from Youth Perspective Fund Eindhoven, the children from Wildpark, Pand P and Parktheater Eindhoven.

Credits

Direction & Concept // Lenneke Maas
Text // Marcel Osterop
Performance // Tegest Pecht-Guido
Performance and music // Woody Veneman
Scenography // Elian Smits
Dramaturgical advice // Peerke Malschaert and Martijn Bouwman